Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The Mazzarón II has been raised

PHOENICIAN WATCH: The Mazzaron Phoenician Boat is successfully raised from seabed. The keel of the shipwreck is the last of the 22 sections to be recovered after two months of painstaking work (Murcia Today).

For some years I have been following the planning for and raising of the Mazarrón II shipwreck in Murcia, Spain. The excavation work is finally done.

The ship is now to be reassembled and restored at nearby Cartagena. It remains to be decided whether it will go on permanent public display there or at Mazzarón.

Background here and links. Note the variable spellings Mazzarón (Mazzaron) and Mazarrón (Mazarron).

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